I consider the last two years as my personal Masterclass in banking. Every week I get the chance to ask an executive my questions to help me understand the wonderful world of banking. The session on April 14 was no exception and probably one of the highlights so far. We…

KBC Group has been a front runner in the financial sector for many years, not just in Belgium but also internationally. To make this concrete: SIA Partners voted their mobile app as the best banking app worldwide. “Technology is the future, and has become a strategic element in our core…

“To accelerate digital innovation, banks need to adapt to cloud computing.” This is what we discussed and challenged on March 31, in the good company of Achim Thienel, Director of Product Management Core Banking and SaaS at Finastra. I remember, back in 2007, people like Chris Skinner talked about the…

Guest blog by Andrew Vorster, moderator ad interim at The Banking Scene Afterwork on March 24. WE NEED HELP! Humans cannot possibly process the amount of data we have at our disposal, and we need help identifying patterns in data in order to gain insights and make decisions. Investments in…

Guest blog by Andrew Vorster, moderator ad interim at The Banking Scene Afterwork on March 17. According to the latest statistics from The Atlantic Council’s CBDC Tracker, 87 countries representing over 90% of global GDP are currently exploring, or have launched, a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency). …

With sustainability on every organisation’s strategic agenda, suddenly everyone communicates their contributions to comply with ESG criteria, sometimes for the wrong reasons. …

Times are changing. They are changing fast. Last week we gathered for, fingers crossed, the first post-pandemic conference of The Banking Scene; this week, we face the biggest humanitarian crisis Europe has ever seen since World War II. Last week, banks were challenged whether to join in-person to understand how…

Guest blog for Isabel Group, originally posted on February 22, here. PSD2 (Payments Services Directive 2) is a European Regulation that saw the light to ignite innovation and grow competition while strengthening trust in payments through new security and anti-fraud measures. …

When Nina Mohanty asked me why we see so many niche banks, the first reason that popped up in my head was: “because they can”. …